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DON'T TALK HARD TIMES.JUST LIVE YOUR LIFE VOLUME 1, NUMBER 368, , Weofcly, Established I860; Daily, Jan. 1?, 1914, ANDERSON, S. C* FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 20, 1914. $5.00 PER ANNUM PRICE FIVE CENTS INTEREST Y? CENTERED IN TH GERMANS BETWEEN VISTU1 POLAND? FOR TT IS BEI THERE WILL HAVE A OPERATIONS (By A?Eociatcd Tm*.) , , . Only meager reports are at band from any of the scenes of hostilities but it seems probable that the severe contest is proceeding in that western strip of Poland with its northern and sounthern boundaries, respectively the Vistula and Warta rivers and its western front the border of Posen? "Particularly quiet," ls the descrip tion of operations in the western zone given by the French war office, al though the usual artillery duels and attacks by infantry at various places were in progress. Tracy-le-Val, a short distance northeast of Paris and at tho crook of the elbow of the west ern battle front, was the scene ot the principal infantry attacks. Hera Ute French reported they held back a Ger man attempt to capture the town, In flicting heavy casualtlee. As for the east, Petrograd has ad mitted a big reverse in Poland- a reverse in which the Rusisan armies have been pushed back at least fifty miles from the German border toward Warsaw-but Berlin remains reticent. "In the eastern theatre the newly commenced battles are proceeding," is all the German waa office naya A semi-official Berlin report says 'reas ons of strategy" prevent disclosure of troop movements. That these battles are proceeding, however, is taken to sean that the Gerpaans are still pressing against the Russians in an endeavor to drive them back eastward to Warsaw over the samo territory in which only a short time' ago the Russians hetd the whip hand, and drove the Germans westward-before .them from the polish capital toward, t^e. German frontier. Alums the r,usi f russian ooraer the i atSSCOVivoS -c mim i-arty < tore COntinU oualy pressing forward and making inroads Into German territory. Here also Germany makes claims. With regard . .'iii . the operations southward in Galicia and in southern Russian Poland, the Russians, accord ing to unofficial reports, are follow ing up previous successes against the. Austrians. On the other hand, a news dispatch from Vienna declares Gie Austrians' have captured 7,000 prison ers and many guns. A battle haa taken place tstwoen Russian and Turkish warships off Sebastopol In tho Black Sea. As to its results reports are contradictory. Pet rograd claims the former German cruiser Gooben, now flying the Turk ish flag, was atruck by Russian shells that explosions occurred on board her, that abe quit the encounter and dis appeared ih the fog.. Constantinople, through Berlin, makes no mention of Ute Gooben hav ing been Injured but says one Rus sian battleship was badly damaged and that the others fled towards Se bastopol. The Bri Uah again have been suc cessful In an attack on a Turkish po? siUon. The force operating on Ute Shat-El-Arab Uiver and the Persian Gulf drove from their trenches an Ottoman force and captured prison ers, guns and ammunition. The Brit ish, however, l?st three officers and 35 men killed in Ute attack. The Tur kish casualties ware not stated. From the British general headquar ters at Ute front comes a further ac count of righting along the British , lines covering Ute period from No vember 18 to 10. Ih this recital lt ls declared the situation so far as it re lates to the British has not altered from that tune. Engagements consisted for the most part of Bheling at long range and the, violent Gannan attacks, which pre -. viously had hean so persistent had not -been resumed. That several sharp encounters oc curred ls Indicated, however, by re ference to heavy loses and the admis sion that Ute Germans had penetrat ed the British Unes at one or two points- later to be driven back. Owing to the ?Moded country on the northern line in Belgium Ute belli gerents frequently resort to the use cf Sat bottom co- boats JO. their operat ions. Turkey has not replied to the re quest of Ute 7 pited States govern ment for information as to why the launch of the Americas cruiser Ten nessee waa fired on by Turkish land forces at Smyrna; lt sn answer ls not forthcoming shortly It ls probable the American government will ask tba British x/miralfty tor permission to ase Its wireless >o communicate with the American shins In Turkish watara. LONDON, Nov, 19.-Both German and Russ sn headquarters are very sparing with ?nforma?on. All tifas fci definitely known Is that the Russians advance guard, consisting largely cf cavalry, which advanced right on to tho German frontier, arter the hattie at-Warsaw, met superior forces sad has fallen back more than half the distance covered tn the advance. The Creroa&ns ara sending strang forces bite tho country between the' twa river* whare Ute hattie moat he fought hoping that In this confined Drat Ute Russians w?U A* be ?bl? ta ERS ARE VERY [H_ INFORMATION ? BATTLE OF RUSSIANS AND LA AND WARTA RIVERS IN JEVED THE OUTCOME MARKED EFFECT ON ELSEWHERE deploy their enormous armies to ad vantage. The Russians, however, now can choose their own ground for tho battle and it is probable they will se lect it as far as possible from the German lines of communication. In Galicia, before Cracow, and in Bast Prusia, the Russians are pushing their advantage, apparently disregard ing the fact that their center has been compelled to fall back. They also are showing much activity In the Car pathians to prevent the Austrians from retiring into Hungary. It is stated they already have cut off 800,000 Aus trians, who now will be compelled, if defeated, to retreat westward. In Flanders and France the battle which has been going on for thirty five da i has again developed into a artillery duel. Thia doubtless is due to inability of the Infantry on either side to operate successfully over the muddy ground, and to the extended flooded area between the coast and Dixmude.. While they are moving men eastward to oppose the Russians, the Germans are reported to be bringing more big guns to the western front. Russian and Turkish squadrons have met in a long distance duel off Sebas topol and both claim victory. The Russian report saya '. the Turkish cruiser Gooben was damaged, while the-Turks claim a Rustan battleship suffered severely and .that the ' other Russian warships fled. Reminiscent of carly days of war is the report from Vienna that Bel grade has been called upon to sur render. This city, capital of Servia, was undsr bombardment for weeks and waa relieved on ry when uic nun- < situ! auf tm co >n Galicia compeiied the Austrians to look after their northern frontiers. Now the Servians, like the Montenegrins, are back in their own country, and .the Austrians, unmindful 'of the second invasion of their north ern provinces, are endeavoring to de stroy the two little armies. lieft Large Estate. t r.EW. YORK, Nov. 19.-Anthony N. Brady, the financier who died .in Lon don in.July, 1013, left an estate val ued at $77,042,443, it became known today when the report of the trans fer tax appraiser of Albany County was filed. Mr. Brady's holdings in the Ameri can Tobacco Company amounted to $7,147.200 and In the British Ameri can Tobacco Company to $5,190,030. He held securities of the United States Rubber Company valued at $3.064,648. aj*M?sa*a^gggsapsjs*^^sjg*asag ^W^MWM? **g**?**^*w *W^Mw*s?sa*gasig Body of Lord Rot to Its L; The Streets Were Lined With Trc Stood With Bared Heads in Cortege Passed-King G (By Associated Press.) LONDON, Nov. 19.-The body ot Field Marshal Lord Roberts, borne on a gun carriage, moved slowly through the streets of London to Its Isat rest ing place in BL- Paul's Cathedral. The streets were lined with troops, while thousands of civilians stood with bared heada in a cold rain aa the funeral cortege passed. . -The procession reached SC Paul's at noon, where funeral services were held before tv reverent throng, nl eluding King George. The body will be interred alongside the remains of Wellington, Nelson, Wolsley.and oth er famous Britons. Lord Roberts died from natural causas last week at tba headquarters of fha RHMah army in France. Thc body waa returned to England yes* terday and last night it lay In hia residence! at Ascot, where brief ser vices attended by Lady Roberts and her daughters were held. Thia norn ing the coffin was brought to London for public funeral. It la recalled today that just M years ago the body of the Duke of Wellington waa Interred in St. Paul's Cathedral. Lord Kitchener, secretary ot war; Admiral Lord Charlea Beresford. Lord Grenfell. .Admiral Sir E. H. Sey mour; Sir Evelyn Wood and other prominent naval and, army officers followed the coffin ?earing the flag draped coffin through the streets of the etty. Klug George waa not In the proces sion. He drove from Buckingham Pal ace direct to the catha!rai, which he mashed short!v before the arrival of the cortege Thia la the' first time asaalaasTa kine has attended the fun end of a national hero airca the bur ial of Wellington. Preceding the caisson was a bat tery ot Lidian artillery, given Ona LAND 1ST BE RE-DISTRIBUTED FIGHTING IN MEXICO WILL NEVER CEASE UNTIL WORK ERS OWN THEIR HOMES THE NATION WAS MADE HOMELESS Relieve? They Are Emerging Into the Light of a New end Better Day. (By Associated Pren.) CHICAGO, Nov. 19.-Fighting in Mexico never will cease until the land has been redistricted and workers can own their hornes in the opinion of John Lind, President Wilson's person al reprsentative in the southern re public during Huerta's, administra tion. Addressing the Industrial Club, here today, Mr. Lind sketched the de velopment of the landlord system un der the Snanish conquerers and then declared: "AB a whole the nation waa made homeless and nae so continued. to this day. This la and w|U be the cause of ' revolutions in Mevlco until the question ls settled. The state of Moro los, for example, is owned by 27 men." Nominal freedom. Mr. Lind said,, waa accorded Ute peona but they are poorly paid and practically compeled to remain tn the service of the great land owners. Laws-forbidding employ es' to leave the landlord's service while in debt have aided in keeping the workers In subjection. Careful study of the. Mexicana, tho speaker continued, convinced him thai the differences between them and the citizens ot the United States were not raclai' nor psychological. The turbu s\t thd Ue.fj.ona 1%A mn lil fvmld fr-, A*,*Tlte&r.$ <S* V?at'?i of ii^.p?siou. "The . hard experience of tho Mexi can has.made him wary and suspi-' clous," said Mr. Lind. "It has been difficult for the Mexican people to believe our President did not have some ulterior motive in hie proffered good offices. I think, however, that they noir eris about convinced, and when once convinced, more loyal friends are not to be found." 'The speaker closed with a plea "for a, /armer and kindlier interest In these, our neighbors." "They hear us'no 111 will." he de clared. "They need our good will. We need theirs. We must bo friends in peace' and allies In trouble. The peo ple ot Mexico dwell in a 'rich and beautiful land. I feel that they are a people ot great promise. They have suffered vicissitudes which we have escaped. I believe, that they are em erging Into the light ot a new and better day." felts Borne ist Resting Place ? ???? ops While Thousands of Civilians n Cold Rain ns the Fanerai ?orge Not in Procession. place ot honor because of Lord Rob erts* lifelong devotion to the king's Indian troops. Ta'.l sikhs, their tur bans wound round with khaki led white mules of their battery, and In dian officers, wrapped In their khaki capes, paid silent tribute to their de parted friend. Lieutenant General Pole-Carew and eight other officers rode beside the caisson carrying the lnslgnlt ot the field marshal while a groom wafted behind leading the former chieftain's horse. I* required more than an hour for the military escort to pass. The three bidgee over the Thames commondlng tito rout? of march along the Vic toria embankment were massed with crowds, but it was with great difficul ty thst thsy co?ld wm ibo procession In the avenue below because of the rain and heavy fog. The silent sold iery passed by enveloped in mist which seated to Intensify the solem nity of their mission. The pipers ot the London Scottish, followed by a bataillon of that organ isation, lsd the procession in which the guards and bataillons of naval de tachment* preceded the Indian bat tery, After the caisson came Ute car riages of the mourner* and pallbear ers, than a battery of the Royal Horse Artillery .whil* three bataillons of cavalry all in field khaki b??ught up the rear of the military escort. A salute ot 19 guns waa died aa the funeral nocesrUm left the railroad station. Traffic waa suspended along the route and the crowds stood In absolute silence. The only, sound as the military escort passed along was tho rythmlc tread of Infantrymen and the crunching of the horses' hoofs on the sand-covered toada Loag before the Um? fixed for the funeral services, the vast cathedra] was fitted. Th? strains of, tho Dead * (Continued on'Page 8.) ooooooooooooooooo o o o Call on Citizen? to o o Unite Against Villa o o -- o o (By Associate Press. o o MEXICO CITY, Nov. 19. o o -General Obregon issued i o o manifesto tonight calling up- o o on all citizens t? unite against o o General Villa, whom he de- o o nominated as "a traitor and o o criminal, whose whole pur- o o pose is to sacrifice the coun- o o try on the altar of personal o o ambition.' c o o ooooooooooooooooo FIRST MEETING OF COMMITTEE Cotton Loan Committee That Will Admamister Fund to M set Today. (Dy Aaaociated Pren.) WASHINGTON, Nov. 19.-W. P. G. Harding and Pant M. Warburg, of the federal reserve board, who have been the acUve agents in the raising of the $135,000.000 cotton loan fund, left to night tor Now York to attend the first meeting there tomorrow of the Cot ton Loan Committee which will ad minister Ute fund. Hr. Harding, ls chairman of the committee, and prominent bankers from New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago, and St. Louis are members. Ita first work will be designation of State committees in cotton producing States which will pass on loans ask ed by growers. The office of Ute committee wiri be ; in New York and Mr. Harding prob ably will spend much of bis Urne there for the next few weeks. Buying More Cotton Than Ever Before S ? ? . ? *a? * SAH MftAKc?Bx?, '-iaor. m^jsiSn^ ese and .Chinese manufacturera are buying cotton here as never before and they neem willing to purchase all Utey can had vessel space for. Their mills are reorted running to capacity. The price Is eight cents a pound Ger gany ls .understood ( to be bidding om 18 to 20 cents with virtually no orders being filled and her own stock near Ute vanishing point. Cotton acreage tn California only recently has been .developed and lt ls generally believed it will be reduced next year. Letter of Sympathy To Mexican Hierarchy (tty Associated Pim). BALTIMORE. Nov. 19.-Cardina: Gibbons, at Ute request of Ute arch bishops of Ute United States; has writ ten a letter of sympathy to Ute Mex ican hierarchy. "Tho deplorable conditions whict for some Urne have prevailed In Mex ico and which apparently became mon intolerable with each attempt to re medy them," says Ute letter, "says ti? letter, "are Ute source of deepest con cern to Ute bishops ot Ute Unite* States." - .. . . Discovery May Save Lives of Thousand! (By Associated ' Prats.) GENEVA, Switzerland. Nov. 19. (Via Paris, 6:15 p. ra.)-A prepara tion which it la claimed will stop si most Instantly the flew of blood fron a wound has been invented by Pro! 8heo?or Kocher, ot Berne, winner o Ute Nobel prise for surgery In. 1913 and his assistant. Dr. A. Pone?. Th new. pr?paration, called Coagulen, i a powder, and is dissolved in wate before being applied VJ a wound. Medical mea here declare the live of thousands of sold fe? 5 probably wll be saved by lt It can .V? applied b; untrained bands, it ir. said, br by th wounded maa Ourself. nt_ s m vimnoD Doara or Trustees Adjourn* Special to Th* IjrtalUcftncar. . CLEMSON COLLEGS, Nov. 19. The board of trustees adjourned thti afternoon. All mom bora were pres est except Senator Tilintea, Congress man Levjr and J. J. E^Shs. Reutin mattera wera passed upon, this beinj a regular meeting. Dr. PA O. Feeley waa elected Stat veterinarian. and Professor of veter! nary science to succeed Dr. M. F Powers, recently resigned. Dr. W. A Barnett, was elected assi*..tnt veter InarUn and first assistant State vet orinar?an. Both these elections wer promotions. ' Record floreat ber Snow. BttlBTOL. Tenn.. Nov. 10.~Whst t said to be a record snow for. Nove? "ber 19 In Bristol and the first of tb season started ratling tonight at J o'clock and at midnight ht 4 fallet tc a depth of over two inches, wit' ; no let np la. sight. . -_A ?, a. tr? CARRANZA TROOPS INCOR PORATING THEMSELVES IN VILLA COLUMNS . HIS ARMY IS WELL EQUIPPED < Two Hundred Refugees Telegraph ' . Presic nt Wilson for Aid to Leave Vera Crts.' 1 i _ i (By Anoclatod Pms.) WASHINGTON, Nov. 19.-Villa's j march on Mexico Citl continued un obstructed according to telegrams J today from American consular agents , accompanying him. Two thousand \ Carranza troops changed their alie- > glance on the arrival of tbe Villa ad- , vance at Leon, tho dispatch aald, and , garrisons all along the line are In- ?j corporatlng themselves In the Villa < columns. ] The American agents predict that < Villa will reach Mexico City without ? difficulty. His army, they say, is well , equipped and ls moving with seien- i tifie precision. From Carranza i sources, however, it ls declared VU- i la will clash tn a few days with the . troops of-General Obregon and Gen- ? zalos, south of Irapuato and near j Quere taro. , Washington representatives ot C.-- , rania tonight gave out the following , telegrams from Carranza, dated yes- , terday at Cordoba: . "That you may be clearly Inform- i ed ns to actual conditions, and Jp) In a position to deny all false rumors, I wish to place in your nanda all the details of the situation beginning by tri vin? y/>? the condMWM!*: on vhiclr I . wita Willing to resign as 1 expressed them in messages to General Gonza les. These points were: I will sur render the power In my hands to any person whom I deem trustworthy as, for example, General Pablo Go^tales. General Villa shall deliver the actual i command of his forces to the admin istration in the territory controlled by General Eulalio Gutierrez. Villa and myself shat, both leave the coun try and meet in Havana on November 1 25. The convention of ?ener?is shall convene In Mexico City to select a president for the entire pro-constitu tional period. Generals Gutierres and Gonzales shall deliver the. com mand of the troops under them to the ' newly elected president. If on tbe 30th of November these conditions have not been complied with, Carran . sa shall resume his character as first 1 chief of the Constitutionalist army. (Continued on Pago Seven.) . I I South American Face A i . In Several Countries the Situation C* tton Growers of the Unite I Market Was Clo (By Asoclated Pratt.) MEMPHIS, Tenn., Nov. *9.-That five hundred million doliste1 , loaned I to" the countries of South sad Cen l tral America within the next five r yeera would bring to this country ? more than one and a half billion > doliera lr trade* was the declaration 3 of John Lorrett, director-general . of B the Pan-American Union, at the op r ening session hera today of the first International trade conference of the " Mississippi valley and Central Weat. I Mr. Barrett waa the principal y speaker at the afternoon session e which waa devoted principally to the organisation of the conference. Ed ward fi!. Gore of Chicago, was elected .nar-manmnt chairman nf m*K*lnr . M. B. Tresevant. ot New Orleans, aec . rotary and committees were appolnt 1 ed to consider the subjects of trans portation, the establishment of a . credit system, exchange of commo \ flitlee between the United States and n iUatin America, and banking. The . committees wUl ?report to the finn* 4 stVwdon of the conference tomorrow, a Did agates from all the States In the v Mississippi Valley and nearly every Southern State are ia attendance, a Mr. Barrett placed before the con j. ferries facta and figur?e calculated t to throw light on the problema con nected* with the development of South ? American trade. With. European cap - ital, which has heretofore largely ft s nanead 'business ta the South Ameri can com itrios, unavailable, owing to the Euroyjean war. the opportunity for American business men and maa ? afacturersV to secure a larger trade I" rstetlonahfa? ls great, he stated. t> WASHINGTON. Nov. 19.--The. bu? ? reau of foreign and domestic corn It moree ls at work on reports from every South American country with SAH H. H. TO ON THE FRAN DISPASSIONATE DISCUSSION C REFERENCE TO THE RECEN TER OF THE FRANCHISE ERN PUBLIC UTTLITIE BUSINESS IN THE CI The following communication from i 'apt. H. H. Watkins haa been hand- : H\ The Intelligencer: < IX) THE EDITOR OF THE INTEL- I LIGENCER: i Owing to the fact that my name has 1 Men used several times in The In- 1 :olllgencer regarding the franchise of 1 he Southern Public Utilities Com- 1 pany, I have decided to depart from 1 ny fixed custom cf keeping out of the 1 newspaper prints, a custom to which 1 [ have rigidly adhered since I first ?ame to Anderson, a little over 23 ; roans ago, since which time I have i heart and soul made Anderson "My i rown." During that timo, it has been l ny fortune to be the legal represen- i tative of a number ot corporations i which have invested their money inti thia city, and whenever this relation ; aas given me an opportunity of en- ' couraglng any new enterprise to en- t rich and upbuild the city, I.have tak- i sn advantage ot such opportunity. In ; ?very instance I have felt that Ute 'j success of these enterprises meant < the expansion and development of the city, and that without auch ex pansion and development, Ute enter- ? prises themselves could not grow. I am still convinced that the progrese of the city and the enrichment of Its ? citizens, both individual and corpor ate, depends upon fair and . liberal treatment, Ute one of Ute other. In \ contracts between Ute city and indi viduals, or corporations, lt ls- natur ally the duty ot Ute city and lbs rep resentatives to safeguard ali Rs in terests, and lt is likewise Ute duty of corporations in a proper way to safe guard their interests. At Ute outset, let me stets that while I had nothing to do, either aa attorney or an Individual, with pro-, curing Ute adoption of the franchise and contracta with the Southern Pub lic Utilities Company, in the course of my duUes as attorney for the com pany I have made myself thoroughly familiar with the provisions of these instruments. I am also familiar with Ute franchise and contracts under which the Anderson Water, Light and Power Company operated. Beta g thus familiar with them, I do not hesitate to say thu? I believe Ute present con tracts are entirely fair and liberal to ward the city, and that a careful ex amination of them will convince our ciUzens who are opposed to them that Utey have been laboring under a misapprehension as to what tbese provisions are. . Unfortunately, Ute Countries Serious Situation is the Same as That Which Faced d States When the European eed by the War. a view to suggesting to American manufacturera a feasible way of se curing Ute enormous trade with those countries which Germany was forced to abandon at the outbreak of the European war. Preliminary statements show the situation to be greatly complicated. With Ute exception ot Argentina, every country la financially embar rassed, and with some, notably Bra sil, an unsound financial condition aggravated by Ute war, adds to Uto difficulties. ; In several countries the situation is the same as Ut at which faced cotton grcTTcra ot Ute United States when their Enrop?ftn ?e*rk*t wss elcecd hy Ute war. They are loaded with huge crops and mineral products usually absorbed by European manufactur ers, now out ot reach. There are very few factories tn South America, and HUle prospect that those of Ute United States will be ante to take ap any large portion of the raw materials now fliting South American wsrehouaes.. Without ex ception American consuls reported that some arrangement must be made to permit South American producers to realise to some extent on these stored products aa. a preliminary es tablishment ct permanent trade with Ute southern continent. Those in close touch with Ute sit uation pointed out tonight that many difficulties would be encountered in any effort to organisa a loan sydi cate to aid South American producers as cotton producers are being aided in Ulla country. That it waa unlikely anything could he sccompllsbed to ward turning. South American trade to Ute United States for several moaUts at least wast generally admit (Continued on Page 8.) UNS WRITES ?CHJSE (QUESTION >F THE VEXED QUESTION IN T AGITATION IN RE MAT GRANTED THE SOUTH S COMPANY TO DO TY OF ANDERSON iltuation hag been, clouded by th? In jection or personal criticism Into th? iiscussion. In orSer that the matter nay be more clearly presented to those who may feel inclined ta tire careful consideration to the matter, ind who may have the patience to read this article, 1 submit this etate nent, fully conscious, however, ot the fact that my views are notlntalUble, ind I accord to those WMpSgay dit rer with me all credit fordon Wt dlf rerence of opinion. The only contract between the Southern Public Utilities Company and the city that was submitted to me for suggestion or approval was the White Way contract. This con tract had been drawn hy the city at torney, Mr. Sullivan, and I think that lt was at his suggestion that he and Mr. Orr came together to my office. We went over the contract as lt had been drawn. I approved lt without the change of a word, so far. as;I remember, and lt was signed by both parties. Mr. Orr then stated to rae that as an. investment for the com pany, he did not favor the eoprract, which required at the beginning an expenditure of pearly ten thousand dollars, but that he realised it would lx> a great advertlsment for the city and that If the citizens desired Jt he thought lt the duty of hui company to cooperate in furnishing lt Itj is not my purpose or prerogative to pass j upon the Question as to whether the city can afford this White Way cr not I think lt will be conceded, however, that no or-_ thing has ever been done which hss contributed ao much to -a-1.-l?. ? ?. ..'i- ,.?.?- .'.fc.i'f,. . W4? aumuncuk <suu ?-. ? A* ? ... ?r,.?l ance of the city, both to Us own peo ple and to the outsiders, as the es tablishment of the White Way. It is a great thing for a c?g to have its citizens build handsome and, expen sive homes, places ot business and public buildings when their means justify lt It is an ?Qual advantage, if not a greater one, to have Ita streets thoroughly and beautifully lighted, since nothing is a greater aid to comfort and safety, ncr a greater enemy to crime, than light It never occurred to me Chat tbs contract tor the White Way waa Invalid, nor do I now think lt ls Invalid, if I had had any doubt about the matter I should have made. it known to my client before it signed a contract and before lt expended its money, and I would have felt an equal obligation to make the sams statement to the representative of the cit/, though. I did not represent lt, if I believed the city was signing an illegal con tract. If through lack of knowledge I had approved an illegal contract whose terms had been . voluntarily agreed to between my client and an other I ahould advise my client to fulfill Its part ot the agreement at whatever cost particularly^ It the other party had already epSttVa, large sum of money Ia carrying out Us part of the contract With, reference to the old franchise and contract with the Anderson Wat er, Light and Power Company, lt should be remembered that tbs light ing contract and franchise gave th? exclusive right to th? company to furnish not only the public lighting of the streets and other public places, but also Ut? exclusive right to fur nish ?nd seU electrical current with in tho city for all purposes tor .a period of 25 yeera This franchise was given hy the council withoue a vote of the people, and was never questioned by act ot the city connell 01 by the courts, although ft was ex desire. The water franchise con tract though not exclusive tn terns, waa exclusfrs la effw?, btcauie the city stipulated that it woujd ase too water furnished by the coonany for a period of years. In Ul* water contract it was provided that the city should nave tn? right io purcnaue th? system at nair the exftbeMsa af the SS years, sc-? by giving notice of In tention to do so ose ye?; -i?rtor to Uso expiration of said time. T?ere was vc right given tee city to parchase the lighting plant at any ?fae, The franchise end contracts' W?t? the Southern Public UtiUtlse Con? pany make som? very radteel andi sweeping changes in faro*, ot the city. Tn the first' place, !t mutt bo observed that it is ?ot in any tease an exclusive franchise. ? It dives the right to th? Utilities Company to fur nish water and lights to Ute city and Its ciUsens for a period of 40 years, which at first view, might saeta to be a long period. Coupled with thia right however, 1* the right to tho elsy te yegtfaste the water elset ?vt aay momeat ft may desire to da se. lt could parchase it tomorrow and put the FuMio. Utilities Company out of business so far a* ike water sys tem is concerned, sad thc pi ice ls nat left to the Utilities Company, whlea fe set Stowed te tx i'ce val twilla ap. (Continued on page ti